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1986 Oregon

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1986, game by game: won at San José State 21–14; won vs. Colorado 32–30; lost vs. No. 17 Arizona 17–41; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 14–48; lost at No. 9 USC 21–35; lost vs. No. 15 Arizona State 17–37; lost vs. Stanford 7–41; lost at No. 8 Washington 3–38; won at California 27–9; won vs. Washington State 27–17; won at Oregon State 49–28+21−35Won 21–14 at San José State+7San José StateWon 32–30 vs. Colorado+2ColoradoLost 17–41 vs. No. 17 Arizona-24No. 17 ArizonaLost 14–48 at No. 4 Nebraska-34No. 4 NebraskaLost 21–35 at No. 9 USC-14No. 9 USCLost 17–37 vs. No. 15 Arizona State-20No. 15 Arizona StateLost 7–41 vs. Stanford-34StanfordLost 3–38 at No. 8 Washington-35No. 8 WashingtonWon 27–9 at California+18CaliforniaWon 27–17 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateWon 49–28 at Oregon State+21Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atSan José StateW 21–⁠1451%
Sep 13vsColoradoW 32–⁠3065%
Sep 20vs17ArizonaL 17–⁠4142%
Sep 27at4NebraskaL 14–⁠4818%
Oct 4at9USCL 21–⁠3526%
Oct 11vs15Arizona StateL 17–⁠3732%
Oct 18vsStanfordL 7–⁠4146%
Oct 25at8WashingtonL 3–⁠3813%
Nov 1atCaliforniaW 27–⁠947%
Nov 15vsWashington StateW 27–⁠1755%
Nov 22atOregon StateW 49–⁠2855%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 49–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1986.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
235–⁠338
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1483 −2 this season
SP+ rating
3.7 No. 47 of 101; offense No. 24, defense No. 75
SRS
1.6 No. 47 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Denny Schuler
Captains
Chris Miller and John Wolf

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 1Chris Miller QBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 3Clifford Hicks DBLos Angeles Rams

All-Pac-10

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Washington5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
UCLA5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠114
Arizona5–⁠39–⁠311
Stanford5–⁠38–⁠4
USC5–⁠37–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠72–⁠9
Oregon State1–⁠63–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.